British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka this month, government media reported.
The British MP is scheduled to meet a number of high profile politicians and visit Jaffna to take part in Thai Pongal celebrations with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, reports claimed.
Minister Swire visited Sri Lanka in January last year as well. He met with President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to discuss the new government’s reform programme and areas of potential co-operation, during his last visit. Swire also held talks with several other key ministers and Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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